Air Force vs. New Mexico prediction: New Mexico favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/17/2026]

New Mexico and Air Force will meet in men's college basketball action at The Pit on Tuesday, with tipoff at 9:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects New Mexico as the most likely winner of the Air Force vs. New Mexico game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Tuesday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Air Force vs. New Mexico prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Tuesday's NCAA basketball matchup between Air Force and New Mexico 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives New Mexico a 99% chance of beating Air Force. Our predicted final score has New Mexico winning 88-60.

According to our model, the bookies have got it right, and Air Force and New Mexico each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 148.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

Air Force vs. New Mexico odds

We have sourced the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Air Force vs. New Mexico picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: